How Art 109 Finishes Up Next Week

You're about to get a crash course in InDesign. We will start the training on Thursday of this week and then you are encouraged to watch the remaining ID training videos over the weekend  (there are only 15 short videos this time). You'll need to come to class Monday prepared to dive in head first.

Normally, in a regular semester there is more time after the last class session and the final day of final exams to finish your last 2 projects, but as a summer group you are going to have to work fast! The semester winds down FAST.

There is 1 InDesign practice and then 3 projects. The Practice is complex and will probably take you an entire class period or more to complete. It is a 4-page newsletter tutorial. In addition to this, you must complete a concert (or event) poster in InDesign, a magazine spread, and a self-promotion (such as a creative resume).


next week's schedule                                                                                                                      

FOR MONDAY July 29. Day 19
WATCH THE INDESIGN TRAINING VIDEOS OVER THE WEEKEND, REVIEW THIS POWERPOINT & COME TO CLASS READY TO DIVE IN!
.Due for critique, start of class (DEPTH ILLUSTRATION, Project A6)
.Read Chapter 10: Layout & Chapter 13: Repetition & Rhythm, plus (online) Page Layout & Design  
.Complete Mod3 training (before class) at AdobeTV    

IN CLASS, WE WILL
.Watch the video, "What is InDesign?" 
.Complete Practice 6…4-Page Newsletter Tutorial (Due end of class)

TUES July 30. Day 20

.Read Chapter 17: Emphasis  & Assigned pages from the Adobe InDesign Manual 
(grids and guide lines and creating pages and spreads) plus, Introducing Grids (online); 

.Review Chapter 18: Typography 

.Due Project. A7 Concert Poster (at end of class)
.Plus.Bring a PRINT Magazine to class to work with for Project A8

WED July 31. Day 21

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST CLASS PERIOD TOGETHER
.Read (online) Text Alignment and “Desktop Publishing Glossary” plus Consistency & Repetition (read all of the first 3 articles): 

• Grids: Consistency and Unity
• Using Style Sheets in Desktop Publishing
• Provide Comfort for Readers With Repetition

.Quiz #4 taken in class
Critique Posters
.Due Magazine Spread (A8, end of class) and written part of Project A9 with Thumbnails. Work on Self-Promo (A9)

THURS Aug 1. Day 22

Lab is open and I am here if you want to come work on the last 2 projects.
                                               

FRI Aug 2. Day 23   

Email Final Project by midnight (A#9 Self-Promotion) as a PDF file

There is no final exam for this course. (Your “take-home” self-promotion is your final exam

grade and is due via email to k.hanger@miami.edu by midnite.)

FINAL DESIGN PROJECT:

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Final Project (Assignment #9) 

Self Promotion

10 points

Brochure (interior) by Jordan Caruso

There are two components to this final assignment.

Part I-The Written Component: Must be completed first. 

The first step is to write an evaluation of your design and software skills. Write the piece in a way that would sell your accumulative design skills not just to me but to a potential employer. Include work experience if appropriate, your "resume" skills, and effective headlines and subheadings throughout. This can be informally written in terms of voice but should be edited for grammar and spelling. The final text should convince me you are a professional who pays attention to detail. 

Your critique should include appropriate bulleted lists of skills or training. This draft needs to be presented to me as a Word doc via email before laying out your InDesign document. On the copy due date I would also like to see sketches for your design piece (described below).

Part II-Design a Self-Promo:  

The second step is to adapt the text you've written as a professional self-promotional piece (edit and proofread it!). You will create this in InDesign as a creative "visual resume," Infographic, or brochure promoting your design and/or technical skills--developing a layout that features effective graphic elements and images of the best artwork you’ve completed for this course (and others if you wish). The final product will be a well-designed showcase of your skills using appropriate headlines/captions/call-outs/quotes/etc. and your own images to make the piece inviting. Consider changing color cast, going black and white, or simplifying your artwork files to make it all work together cohesively.  

The final product must be am InDesign document intended for a printed piece (brochure, poster, etc.) with sophisticated graphic elements, for which a potential client or employer is your audience. 

Your final email to me with the art should provide the document in pdf form (printers marks are not necessary)--indicate in your message anything you think I need to know for understanding your intent.  

Use your imagination in this final project. A great deal of your grade depends on creativity as well as the sophistication and professionalism of the design.

RESOURCES

• Self-Promotions PPT

• Writing the Personal Profile (by Susan Ager)